From all parts of the world, new forms of Pan African activities are emerging to guide new actions from the grassroots. Even in the midst of the declaration of fighting for the declaration of fighting for the goals of a prosperous Africa by 2063, the current political/economic/intelligentsia are still wedded to a project of seeking to mimic the European capitalist forms. How do we achieve that quantum leap in our consciousness, so that the African traditions of emancipation based on self-determined politics and self-determined activity becomes the reference point for the people and for the new phase of revolution? Micere Mugo refered to the Pan African activates at the grassroots as the lived experiences of the Pan African peoples in motion. The seminar will agree with C.L.R. James that the black peoples are at the center of the world events and that the revolutionaries of the world need the Africans as much as the Africans need them. C.L.R. James and Kwame Nkrumah were two of the most outstanding Pan African revolutionaries of the 20th Century and their writings and political practice holds much for educators who want to learn the positive and negative lessons of the Pan African education as an insurgent project. Emancipation and emancipatory ideas have to be redefined at every stage of the Pan African movement in so far as the politics of pan Africanism has undergone changes over the time. What is now clear is that the linear ideas of “development” have failed and the ideas of yesterday are now found wanting for the revolutionary transformations needed in this century.

For Africanists, also known as communitarians, problems within Africa are thought to be caused because the real flesh-and-blood communities that comprise Africa are marginalized from public life as so many "tribes". Therefore, the solution is understood to be the need to defend culture and put Africa's age-old communities at the center of African politics. It is also argued that there is a need to "deexoticize" Africa and banalise it, rather than understand Africa as exceptionalized and exoticized.

Thomas Lionel Hodgkin served as the first Director, from 1962 to 1965. On 25 October 1963 President Kwame Nkrumah gave an inaugural address at the Institute, entitled "The African Genius", in which he called for the recovery of African traditions and an African-centered approach to knowledge.

The Institute issues a peer-reviewed journal, Research Review of the Institute of African Studies. The current Director is Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo.

Cultural diplomacy

Cultural diplomacy a type of public diplomacy and soft power that includes the "exchange of ideas, information, art and other aspects of culture among nations and their peoples in order to foster mutual understanding." The purpose of cultural diplomacy is for the people of a foreign nation to develop an understanding of the nation's ideals and institutions in an effort to build broad support for economic and political goals. In essence "cultural diplomacy reveals the soul of a nation," which in turn creates influence. Though often overlooked, cultural diplomacy can and does play an important role in achieving national security aims.

Definition

Culture is a set of values and practices that create meaning for society. This includes both high culture (literature, art, and education, which appeals to elites) and popular culture (appeals to the masses). This is what governments seek to show foreign audiences when engaging in cultural diplomacy. It is a type of soft power, which is the "ability to get what you want through attraction rather than coercion or payments. It arises from a country's culture, political ideals and policies." This indicates that the value of culture is its ability to attract foreigners to a nation. Cultural diplomacy is also a component of public diplomacy. Public diplomacy is enhanced by a larger society and culture, but simultaneously public diplomacy helps to "amplify and advertise that society and culture to the world at large.” It could be argued that the information component of public diplomacy can only be fully effective where there is already a relationship that gives credibility to the information being relayed. This comes from knowledge of the other’s culture.” Cultural diplomacy has been called the “linchpin of public diplomacy” because cultural activities have the possibility to demonstrate the best of a nation. In this way, cultural diplomacy and public diplomacy are intimately linked.

In some countries, such as South Korea and Japan, private schools are sometimes called institutes, rather than schools. In Spain secondary schools are called institutes.

Great Britain

In the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man the term "institute" is a protected word and companies or other organizations may only use the word if they are "organisations which are carrying out research at the highest level or to professional bodies of the highest standing".
Furthermore, if a company is carrying on a business under a different name to the company name, that business name must comply with the Business Names Act. Use of the title "institute" requires approval from the Secretary of State. Failure to seek approval is a criminal offence.

University of Ghana

The University of Ghana is the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian universities and tertiary institutions. It was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast, and was originally an affiliate college of the University of London, which supervised its academic programmes and awarded degrees. It gained full university status in 1961, and now has nearly 40,000 students.

The original emphasis was on the liberal arts, social sciences, basic science, agriculture, and medicine, but (partly as the result of a national educational reform programme) the curriculum was expanded to provide more technology-based and vocational courses and postgraduate training.

From all parts of the world, new forms of Pan African activities are emerging to guide new actions from the grassroots. Even in the midst of the declaration of fighting for the declaration of fighting for the goals of a prosperous Africa by 2063, the current political/economic/intelligentsia are still wedded to a project of seeking to mimic the European capitalist forms. How do we achieve that quantum leap in our consciousness, so that the African traditions of emancipation based on self-determined politics and self-determined activity becomes the reference point for the people and for the new phase of revolution? Micere Mugo refered to the Pan African activates at the grassroots as the lived experiences of the Pan African peoples in motion. The seminar will agree with C.L.R. James that the black peoples are at the center of the world events and that the revolutionaries of the world need the Africans as much as the Africans need them. C.L.R. James and Kwame Nkrumah were two of the most outstanding Pan African revolutionaries of the 20th Century and their writings and political practice holds much for educators who want to learn the positive and negative lessons of the Pan African education as an insurgent project. Emancipation and emancipatory ideas have to be redefined at every stage of the Pan African movement in so far as the politics of pan Africanism has undergone changes over the time. What is now clear is that the linear ideas of “development” have failed and the ideas of yesterday are now found wanting for the revolutionary transformations needed in this century.

African Studies Master's and Research Master's at Leiden University

Leiden University is one of the best universities to learn about Africa. There is no other institute in continental Europe that offers a same kind of interdisciplinary master's programme in African Studies that combine social sciences and humanities.
Find out more about the one-year master's programme in African Studies: http://bit.ly/2abzbFW; and the two-year research master's programme: http://bit.ly/2abyxYL.
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Copyright picture of UN HeadquartersNairobi:
DanishDhamani: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0". https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AUN_Headquarters%2C_Nairobi.JPG via Wikimedia Commons
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Learn all about Africa in Leiden.
Desh, alumnus: It is a good university, and they approach the subject of African Studies multidisciplinary,
and that’s what I wanted.
Meike, coordinator MA programme: The two master’s programmes in Leiden are unique in that they take a genuine area studies approach.
Danelle, MA student: We have seminars from people of both the humanities and the social sciences.
We have lectures from anything from African film studies to economy, geography, society,
so that we get quite a full picture during our course work.
Rob, Research MA student: I specifically chose this programme, as I have a background in both humanities and social sciences.
Han, coordinator Research MA programme: The one year MA is a concise graduate programme
which focuses on developing your practical skills, with a three months internship in Africa.
The two year research master programme is more oriented at developing your research skill
The second year is entirely devoted to your own research project,
with six months of field work and six months of writing your thesis.
Meike: We are also very proud of our extensive library, which is devoted entirely to the study of Africa.
The African Studies Centre attracts many international scholars,
and students profit tremendously from this rich academic environment.
Students find jobs in various sectors in which they work directly or indirectly with Africa,
such as policy advisor for national or international organisations, with NGO’s, in journalism.
Desh: I am currently a project coordinator and project designer,
and I have been working for this project since I graduated.
Meike: And many of our students pursue and academic career and become a researcher, or a teacher at a university.
There is no other institute in continental Europe that offers a same kind of
interdisciplinary master programme in African Studies that combine social sciences and humanities.
Rob: I think that is its power, the fact that there are so many aspects to it,
and that you got the possibility to engage in all these various topics
that makes it such a wonderful programme to be in.
Desh: It’s one of the best places to learn about Africa.

0:40

David Croome - Institute of Southern African Studies,Lesotho

David Croome - Institute of Southern African Studies,Lesotho

David Croome - Institute of Southern African Studies,Lesotho

David Croome describes the success and benefits of the pension scheme on the older population of Lesotho and their families. (c) WorldGranny

From all parts of the world, new forms of Pan African activities are emerging to guide new actions from the grassroots. Even in the midst of the declaration of fighting for the declaration of fighting for the goals of a prosperous Africa by 2063, the current political/economic/intelligentsia are still wedded to a project of seeking to mimic the European capitalist forms. How do we achieve that quantum leap in our consciousness, so that the African traditions of emancipation based on self-determined politics and self-determined activity becomes the reference point for the people and for the new phase of revolution? Micere Mugo refered to the Pan African activates at the grassroots as the lived experiences of the Pan African peoples in motion. The seminar will agree with C.L.R. James that th...

From all parts of the world, new forms of Pan African activities are emerging to guide new actions from the grassroots. Even in the midst of the declaration of ...

From all parts of the world, new forms of Pan African activities are emerging to guide new actions from the grassroots. Even in the midst of the declaration of fighting for the declaration of fighting for the goals of a prosperous Africa by 2063, the current political/economic/intelligentsia are still wedded to a project of seeking to mimic the European capitalist forms. How do we achieve that quantum leap in our consciousness, so that the African traditions of emancipation based on self-determined politics and self-determined activity becomes the reference point for the people and for the new phase of revolution? Micere Mugo refered to the Pan African activates at the grassroots as the lived experiences of the Pan African peoples in motion. The seminar will agree with C.L.R. James that the black peoples are at the center of the world events and that the revolutionaries of the world need the Africans as much as the Africans need them. C.L.R. James and Kwame Nkrumah were two of the most outstanding Pan African revolutionaries of the 20th Century and their writings and political practice holds much for educators who want to learn the positive and negative lessons of the Pan African education as an insurgent project. Emancipation and emancipatory ideas have to be redefined at every stage of the Pan African movement in so far as the politics of pan Africanism has undergone changes over the time. What is now clear is that the linear ideas of “development” have failed and the ideas of yesterday are now found wanting for the revolutionary transformations needed in this century.

From all parts of the world, new forms of Pan African activities are emerging to guide new actions from the grassroots. Even in the midst of the declaration of fighting for the declaration of fighting for the goals of a prosperous Africa by 2063, the current political/economic/intelligentsia are still wedded to a project of seeking to mimic the European capitalist forms. How do we achieve that quantum leap in our consciousness, so that the African traditions of emancipation based on self-determined politics and self-determined activity becomes the reference point for the people and for the new phase of revolution? Micere Mugo refered to the Pan African activates at the grassroots as the lived experiences of the Pan African peoples in motion. The seminar will agree with C.L.R. James that the black peoples are at the center of the world events and that the revolutionaries of the world need the Africans as much as the Africans need them. C.L.R. James and Kwame Nkrumah were two of the most outstanding Pan African revolutionaries of the 20th Century and their writings and political practice holds much for educators who want to learn the positive and negative lessons of the Pan African education as an insurgent project. Emancipation and emancipatory ideas have to be redefined at every stage of the Pan African movement in so far as the politics of pan Africanism has undergone changes over the time. What is now clear is that the linear ideas of “development” have failed and the ideas of yesterday are now found wanting for the revolutionary transformations needed in this century.

African Studies Master's and Research Master's at Leiden University

Leiden University is one of the best universities to learn about Africa. There is no other institute in continental Europe that offers a same kind of interdisci...

Leiden University is one of the best universities to learn about Africa. There is no other institute in continental Europe that offers a same kind of interdisciplinary master's programme in African Studies that combine social sciences and humanities.
Find out more about the one-year master's programme in African Studies: http://bit.ly/2abzbFW; and the two-year research master's programme: http://bit.ly/2abyxYL.
Copyright picture of African men on a couch: M.F. Plissart
Copyright picture of UN HeadquartersNairobi:
DanishDhamani: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0". https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AUN_Headquarters%2C_Nairobi.JPG via Wikimedia Commons
Copyright video file Peace PalaceThe Hague: www.cameronav.com
Learn all about Africa in Leiden.
Desh, alumnus: It is a good university, and they approach the subject of African Studies multidisciplinary,
and that’s what I wanted.
Meike, coordinator MA programme: The two master’s programmes in Leiden are unique in that they take a genuine area studies approach.
Danelle, MA student: We have seminars from people of both the humanities and the social sciences.
We have lectures from anything from African film studies to economy, geography, society,
so that we get quite a full picture during our course work.
Rob, Research MA student: I specifically chose this programme, as I have a background in both humanities and social sciences.
Han, coordinator Research MA programme: The one year MA is a concise graduate programme
which focuses on developing your practical skills, with a three months internship in Africa.
The two year research master programme is more oriented at developing your research skill
The second year is entirely devoted to your own research project,
with six months of field work and six months of writing your thesis.
Meike: We are also very proud of our extensive library, which is devoted entirely to the study of Africa.
The African Studies Centre attracts many international scholars,
and students profit tremendously from this rich academic environment.
Students find jobs in various sectors in which they work directly or indirectly with Africa,
such as policy advisor for national or international organisations, with NGO’s, in journalism.
Desh: I am currently a project coordinator and project designer,
and I have been working for this project since I graduated.
Meike: And many of our students pursue and academic career and become a researcher, or a teacher at a university.
There is no other institute in continental Europe that offers a same kind of
interdisciplinary master programme in African Studies that combine social sciences and humanities.
Rob: I think that is its power, the fact that there are so many aspects to it,
and that you got the possibility to engage in all these various topics
that makes it such a wonderful programme to be in.
Desh: It’s one of the best places to learn about Africa.

Leiden University is one of the best universities to learn about Africa. There is no other institute in continental Europe that offers a same kind of interdisciplinary master's programme in African Studies that combine social sciences and humanities.
Find out more about the one-year master's programme in African Studies: http://bit.ly/2abzbFW; and the two-year research master's programme: http://bit.ly/2abyxYL.
Copyright picture of African men on a couch: M.F. Plissart
Copyright picture of UN HeadquartersNairobi:
DanishDhamani: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0". https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AUN_Headquarters%2C_Nairobi.JPG via Wikimedia Commons
Copyright video file Peace PalaceThe Hague: www.cameronav.com
Learn all about Africa in Leiden.
Desh, alumnus: It is a good university, and they approach the subject of African Studies multidisciplinary,
and that’s what I wanted.
Meike, coordinator MA programme: The two master’s programmes in Leiden are unique in that they take a genuine area studies approach.
Danelle, MA student: We have seminars from people of both the humanities and the social sciences.
We have lectures from anything from African film studies to economy, geography, society,
so that we get quite a full picture during our course work.
Rob, Research MA student: I specifically chose this programme, as I have a background in both humanities and social sciences.
Han, coordinator Research MA programme: The one year MA is a concise graduate programme
which focuses on developing your practical skills, with a three months internship in Africa.
The two year research master programme is more oriented at developing your research skill
The second year is entirely devoted to your own research project,
with six months of field work and six months of writing your thesis.
Meike: We are also very proud of our extensive library, which is devoted entirely to the study of Africa.
The African Studies Centre attracts many international scholars,
and students profit tremendously from this rich academic environment.
Students find jobs in various sectors in which they work directly or indirectly with Africa,
such as policy advisor for national or international organisations, with NGO’s, in journalism.
Desh: I am currently a project coordinator and project designer,
and I have been working for this project since I graduated.
Meike: And many of our students pursue and academic career and become a researcher, or a teacher at a university.
There is no other institute in continental Europe that offers a same kind of
interdisciplinary master programme in African Studies that combine social sciences and humanities.
Rob: I think that is its power, the fact that there are so many aspects to it,
and that you got the possibility to engage in all these various topics
that makes it such a wonderful programme to be in.
Desh: It’s one of the best places to learn about Africa.

From all parts of the world, new forms of Pan African activities are emerging to guide new actions from the grassroots. Even in the midst of the declaration of fighting for the declaration of fighting for the goals of a prosperous Africa by 2063, the current political/economic/intelligentsia are still wedded to a project of seeking to mimic the European capitalist forms. How do we achieve that quantum leap in our consciousness, so that the African traditions of emancipation based on self-determined politics and self-determined activity becomes the reference point for the people and for the new phase of revolution? Micere Mugo refered to the Pan African activates at the grassroots as the lived experiences of the Pan African peoples in motion. The seminar will agree with C.L.R. James that th...

From all parts of the world, new forms of Pan African activities are emerging to guide new actions from the grassroots. Even in the midst of the declaration of ...

From all parts of the world, new forms of Pan African activities are emerging to guide new actions from the grassroots. Even in the midst of the declaration of fighting for the declaration of fighting for the goals of a prosperous Africa by 2063, the current political/economic/intelligentsia are still wedded to a project of seeking to mimic the European capitalist forms. How do we achieve that quantum leap in our consciousness, so that the African traditions of emancipation based on self-determined politics and self-determined activity becomes the reference point for the people and for the new phase of revolution? Micere Mugo refered to the Pan African activates at the grassroots as the lived experiences of the Pan African peoples in motion. The seminar will agree with C.L.R. James that the black peoples are at the center of the world events and that the revolutionaries of the world need the Africans as much as the Africans need them. C.L.R. James and Kwame Nkrumah were two of the most outstanding Pan African revolutionaries of the 20th Century and their writings and political practice holds much for educators who want to learn the positive and negative lessons of the Pan African education as an insurgent project. Emancipation and emancipatory ideas have to be redefined at every stage of the Pan African movement in so far as the politics of pan Africanism has undergone changes over the time. What is now clear is that the linear ideas of “development” have failed and the ideas of yesterday are now found wanting for the revolutionary transformations needed in this century.

From all parts of the world, new forms of Pan African activities are emerging to guide new actions from the grassroots. Even in the midst of the declaration of fighting for the declaration of fighting for the goals of a prosperous Africa by 2063, the current political/economic/intelligentsia are still wedded to a project of seeking to mimic the European capitalist forms. How do we achieve that quantum leap in our consciousness, so that the African traditions of emancipation based on self-determined politics and self-determined activity becomes the reference point for the people and for the new phase of revolution? Micere Mugo refered to the Pan African activates at the grassroots as the lived experiences of the Pan African peoples in motion. The seminar will agree with C.L.R. James that the black peoples are at the center of the world events and that the revolutionaries of the world need the Africans as much as the Africans need them. C.L.R. James and Kwame Nkrumah were two of the most outstanding Pan African revolutionaries of the 20th Century and their writings and political practice holds much for educators who want to learn the positive and negative lessons of the Pan African education as an insurgent project. Emancipation and emancipatory ideas have to be redefined at every stage of the Pan African movement in so far as the politics of pan Africanism has undergone changes over the time. What is now clear is that the linear ideas of “development” have failed and the ideas of yesterday are now found wanting for the revolutionary transformations needed in this century.

Session 1 - DeepTimeTraditions of Civilisation: Mande and Kongo
Deep Pasts, Deep Cultures: Mande, Yoruba and Kongo
Symposium Convenor: Kevin MacDonald (UCLAfrican Studies/ Institute of Archaeology)
Discussants: Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz (UCT), Michael Rowlands (UCL)
Supported by UCL’s Centre for research on the Dynamics of Civilisation
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research-frontiers/civilisation/about-credoc
Over the past two millennia African civilizations, with unique political traditions, artistic corpora, musical styles and oral literatures have grown and flourished along the valleys of the Niger, the Congo River basin and elsewhere in the Sub-Sahara. Often placed to one side by Afrocentrists in favour of Egypt/Kemet, or dismissed as insignificant by the criteria of Eurocentrists, these Deep Cultures have played a profound role in forming the basis of long-lived and enduring African civilizations. A challenge for African Studies today is both to capture the uniqueness of these civilizations and to disentangle the multiple traditions, ideas and histories which have shaped them. Ultimately, a plurality of understandings must come together to comprehend their idealised worlds and their continuing work in making the continent a better place. In this symposium we invite scholars to explore the historical depth configuring the Mande, Yoruba and Kongo civilizations: in the past and the present.

Session 1 - DeepTimeTraditions of Civilisation: Mande and Kongo
Deep Pasts, Deep Cultures: Mande, Yoruba and Kongo
Symposium Convenor: Kevin MacDonald (UCLAfrican Studies/ Institute of Archaeology)
Discussants: Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz (UCT), Michael Rowlands (UCL)
Supported by UCL’s Centre for research on the Dynamics of Civilisation
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research-frontiers/civilisation/about-credoc
Over the past two millennia African civilizations, with unique political traditions, artistic corpora, musical styles and oral literatures have grown and flourished along the valleys of the Niger, the Congo River basin and elsewhere in the Sub-Sahara. Often placed to one side by Afrocentrists in favour of Egypt/Kemet, or dismissed as insignificant by the criteria of Eurocentrists, these Deep Cultures have played a profound role in forming the basis of long-lived and enduring African civilizations. A challenge for African Studies today is both to capture the uniqueness of these civilizations and to disentangle the multiple traditions, ideas and histories which have shaped them. Ultimately, a plurality of understandings must come together to comprehend their idealised worlds and their continuing work in making the continent a better place. In this symposium we invite scholars to explore the historical depth configuring the Mande, Yoruba and Kongo civilizations: in the past and the present.

From all parts of the world, new forms of Pan African activities are emerging to guide new actions from the grassroots. Even in the midst of the declaration of fighting for the declaration of fighting for the goals of a prosperous Africa by 2063, the current political/economic/intelligentsia are still wedded to a project of seeking to mimic the European capitalist forms. How do we achieve that quantum leap in our consciousness, so that the African traditions of emancipation based on self-determined politics and self-determined activity becomes the reference point for the people and for the new phase of revolution? Micere Mugo refered to the Pan African activates at the grassroots as the lived experiences of the Pan African peoples in motion. The seminar will agree with C.L.R. James that the black peoples are at the center of the world events and that the revolutionaries of the world need the Africans as much as the Africans need them. C.L.R. James and Kwame Nkrumah were two of the most outstanding Pan African revolutionaries of the 20th Century and their writings and political practice holds much for educators who want to learn the positive and negative lessons of the Pan African education as an insurgent project. Emancipation and emancipatory ideas have to be redefined at every stage of the Pan African movement in so far as the politics of pan Africanism has undergone changes over the time. What is now clear is that the linear ideas of “development” have failed and the ideas of yesterday are now found wanting for the revolutionary transformations needed in this century.

7:11

Professor Pius Adesanmi, Director of The Institute of African Studies

Hello, I am Pius Adesanmi, Director of the Institute. I thought I'd introduce you to our w...

From all parts of the world, new forms of Pan African activities are emerging to guide new actions from the grassroots. Even in the midst of the declaration of fighting for the declaration of fighting for the goals of a prosperous Africa by 2063, the current political/economic/intelligentsia are still wedded to a project of seeking to mimic the European capitalist forms. How do we achieve that quantum leap in our consciousness, so that the African traditions of emancipation based on self-determined politics and self-determined activity becomes the reference point for the people and for the new phase of revolution? Micere Mugo refered to the Pan African activates at the grassroots as the lived experiences of the Pan African peoples in motion. The seminar will agree with C.L.R. James that the black peoples are at the center of the world events and that the revolutionaries of the world need the Africans as much as the Africans need them. C.L.R. James and Kwame Nkrumah were two of the most outstanding Pan African revolutionaries of the 20th Century and their writings and political practice holds much for educators who want to learn the positive and negative lessons of the Pan African education as an insurgent project. Emancipation and emancipatory ideas have to be redefined at every stage of the Pan African movement in so far as the politics of pan Africanism has undergone changes over the time. What is now clear is that the linear ideas of “development” have failed and the ideas of yesterday are now found wanting for the revolutionary transformations needed in this century.

Session 1 - DeepTimeTraditions of Civilisation: Mande and Kongo
Deep Pasts, Deep Cultures: Mande, Yoruba and Kongo
Symposium Convenor: Kevin MacDonald (UCLAfrican Studies/ Institute of Archaeology)
Discussants: Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz (UCT), Michael Rowlands (UCL)
Supported by UCL’s Centre for research on the Dynamics of Civilisation
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research-frontiers/civilisation/about-credoc
Over the past two millennia African civilizations, with unique political traditions, artistic corpora, musical styles and oral literatures have grown and flourished along the valleys of the Niger, the Congo River basin and elsewhere in the Sub-Sahara. Often placed to one side by Afrocentrists in favour of Egypt/Kemet, or dismissed as insignificant by the criteria of Eurocentrists, these Deep Cultures have played a profound role in forming the basis of long-lived and enduring African civilizations. A challenge for African Studies today is both to capture the uniqueness of these civilizations and to disentangle the multiple traditions, ideas and histories which have shaped them. Ultimately, a plurality of understandings must come together to comprehend their idealised worlds and their continuing work in making the continent a better place. In this symposium we invite scholars to explore the historical depth configuring the Mande, Yoruba and Kongo civilizations: in the past and the present.

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